Archive for Britten’s Orchestra SACD
Simeon Sandiford Explores Britten’s Orchestra at The World’s Best Audio System 2012
Sanch Electronix director Simeon Sandiford (who we introduced here) published a wonderful account from “The World’s Best Audio System” 2012 convention in North Carolina, and in his wonderful chronicling, he takes readers inside the “Music Vault,” where he lends this account of listening to RR’s Britten’s Orchestra SACD on a system with Magico Q7 Loudspeakers: “…I (Simeon Sandiford) asked (Tim) Crable, who was manning the console, to regale us with Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide…
Graemme Brown and Britten’s Orchestra
The Grammy® Award-winning Britten’s Orchestra SACD, was not something that came together from only one or two people. There were many integral parts to the puzzle. One of those integral parts was Graemme Brown, the chief engineer at Zen Mastering in Vancouver. Part of the journey for getting an SACD into your hands is a conversion process. At Reference Recordings, we record in the PCM format, therefore, in order to get our music onto an…
“Prof” Keith O. Johnson & David Frost Win a Grammy!
2010 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album Reference Recordings is proud to report that our own “Prof.” KEITH O. JOHNSON and DAVID FROST have received a 2010 Grammy Award! Category 94 Best Surround Sound Album For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRAMichael Stern & Kansas City SymphonyKeith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineerDavid Frost, surround producer[Reference Recordings} Click to order RR-120SACD BTW: This is RR’s first release…
2010 GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Surround Sound Album
TM 2010 GRAMMY® NOMINATION FOR BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUMSAN FRANCISCO: Reference Recordings is proud to report that our own“Prof.” KEITH O. JOHNSONhas received his eighth Grammy nomination! This is our first release in Surround Sound. Category 94Best Surround Sound AlbumFor vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only. BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRAMichael Stern & Kansas City SymphonyKeith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineerDavid Frost, surround producer[Reference Recordings] We wish to extend our congratulations to…
Britten’s Orchestra SACD & the Grammys!
Prof. Keith Johnson was just nominated for a Grammy award in the Surround Sound category, for recent release RR-120 SACD Britten’s Orchestra! The producer, David Frost, was also nominated for Classical Producer of the Year and Britten’s Orchestra is the top one on his roster of the albums he produced in the last year.
More Britten’s Orchestra SACD Reviews
The reviews for our Britten’s Orchestra SACD keep coming in, and we can’t help but share them with you! From Robert E. Benson at ClassicalCDReview.com: This is Reference Recordings first multi-channel SACD and it is a brilliant success. The label’s engineering staff headed by Producer David Frost and Recording Engineer Keith O. Johnson, has done a magnificent, imaginative job in capturing the sound of this American orchestra… The performances are first-rate, showing off the entire…
Some Positive Feedback from Positive Feedback Online
We just had to share these Positive Feedback reviews of Britten’s Orchestra SACD and Rachmaninoff HRx. So, enjoy the excerpts from the reviews below, and read the full article at positive-feedback.com. Positive Feedback Issue 50July/August 2010Reference Recordings SACD and HRxby Teresa Goodwin Britten’s Orchestra The bass is very deep and realistic with plenty of impact in both the Telarc and Reference Recordings SACDs. The bass drum has the slam one hears live in concert and…
Just Need to Brag…
We might be 34 years old, but we still get excited when our releases are popular! It’s especially exciting when it’s a new format for us! Our first multi-channel SACD Hybrid of Britten’s Orchestra is really gaining ground! For instance we just saw today that Britten’s Orchestra SACD is currently #21 on Amazon.com’s New Releases bestsellers list! And it’s up there with pretty good company. This is very exciting for us to see that people…
Happy 34th Birthday To Us!
It’s our 34th Birthday! So to celebrate we’re sharing some past, present and future! STEREOPHILE magazine online has just reprinted an historic 1989 interview (by editor John Atkinson) with our founder and President J. Tamblyn Henderson Jr. (click link to read). Reference Recordings was only 13 years old at the time, and doing great things. 2010 is our 34th year, and we’ve released about 100 more titles since that interview. We’re continuing our history of…
Our Celebration Sale!
We are having a celebration sale between now and May 24th! So to get you as excited about this as we are, we’re highlighting the items that you can save 15% on when you buy 3 or more! The first and featured item in the sale is our first ever multichannel hybrid SACD of Britten’s Orchestra! Britten’s Orchestra Michael Stern – Kansas City Symphony Click for more information and track listing. You will enjoy amazing…
Special Celebration Sale!
We have recently released our first Multichannel SACD, FOUR new HRx releases, a Jazz Sampler (Jazz Kaleidoscope), and a remastered HDCD from analogue (Letters from the Equator)! So we want to celebrate! Our celebration is your savings. Buy 3 or more of our new releases and save 15% on your entire order! These titles only: Britten’s Orchestra: RR-120HDCD, RR-120SACD and HR-120;Jazz Kaleidoscope: RR-910HDCD Letters from the Equator (newly remastered from analogue with HDCD): RR-56HDCD and…
Our First Multi-Channel SACD Release!
We’ve been hinting at it for awhile now, but everything is in order and we can finally announce that we have available our very first multi-channel SACD release! BRITTEN’S ORCHESTA Michael Stern / Kansas City SymphonyRR-120SACD Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra Sinfonia da requiemPeter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia This production has garnered top notch reviews in more than 15 publications for the compact disc release – most recently in…